Joseph Ziauddin

Joseph Ziauddin

Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times

Joseph Ziauddin, right, president of the East County Refugee Center, helps Iraqi refugee Rami Azeez complete a job application in the patio furniture department of an El Cajon store. Azeez, in his early 20s, says he's filled out hundreds of applications in the last year, all with the same answers: Position? -- "Anything." Available start date? -- "Any time." Full or part-time? -- "All the time."

Joseph Ziauddin, right, president of the East County Refugee Center, helps Iraqi refugee Rami Azeez complete a job application in the patio furniture department of an El Cajon store. Azeez, in his early 20s, says he's filled out hundreds of applications in the last year, all with the same answers: Position? -- "Anything." Available start date? -- "Any time." Full or part-time? -- "All the time." (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Joseph Ziauddin, right, president of the East County Refugee Center, helps Iraqi refugee Rami Azeez complete a job application in the patio furniture department of an El Cajon store. Azeez, in his early 20s, says he's filled out hundreds of applications in the last year, all with the same answers: Position? -- "Anything." Available start date? -- "Any time." Full or part-time? -- "All the time."